Buckle.



J. M. BROWN.

BUCKLE.

APPLIOATIOH FILED APR. 12, 1909.

9505992. Patent@ Mar. 1, 1910.

JASPER. M. B'ROXVN, OF LYNNVILJE, TENNESSEE.

BUCKLE.

astiene.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented. Har. "il, i910.

Application filed April 12. 1909. Serial No. 489.408.

To all 'wher/fit may concern:

Be it known that L .lasenn M. lnowN, a citizen of th. 'nitfel States..residing at L vllllville, iil't'glleiollnty of (tiles and State ot.'llenneejseq-have;invented or diseovered eerta'infnew and useful4lnlllrovenlents in lhleli'leslj,y (lf'n'lli'tjh the following is asperi tieation. reference heling,- had therein ill the aeeonl'pan'yingdrawings. l

This invei-ltion "relates to a buckle by means of whi'eh trafesfn" tugsforming part` of the harnesses otlrafit-Sailimals may be attached to'.2wil{tile-"1rees` or whiilletrees with- 'out weakening ille traeesorlug b v forming holes thereintaa ist-heuiaual praetiee; theimproved'attaehing .bueltle providing' means wherebjv the traeehI 'orlugs will be ellahled to have a frietional'grip on the s\\in letrees orwliillletreeslftlle eonst'ruetion' of the al'- i'aelling "lnleklelleingot' sueh ll ellaraeter that tluhatder .the pull the tighter illt` gripwill be4 Y i To 'end the inventioil eoulpriaes a single-pleite.buelle4elosed at it 4 ends by end ert'las-llllzwaud having' the nlllinporiolla` ot' itl side hairs eurved ill I@nell a manner nl to lll-ovideaspaee` between Said bars and the trace or tug;r for ille reeelltion ot'the whiilletree, Said bueltle having. adjaeent to what may be termed therear ends of the curved portion4 ot' the hide bars. al1 intermediateeross-bar lot-ated Ieonlllarativel)v near the eross bar at the outer orrear end of the buelljle .lult allording a allai-e. between saidintermediate erossbal" and the lsaid rear end eross-bar, through whiehthe tugor iraee may be paseed. i

ln ille :leronlpal'lvingr drawilngs Figure l is :l laide view of theilllilroved traee-hold ing' llllelile. said'view I llowing the relativePositions 0l" the ilu-loe :l'lld wllitlleiree when these. .parisAareattaehed together. Fig'. 3 is :l plan view of ille parts shown inFig. l. and Fin'. 3 is a detail plan view ol the: bueldo. I.

lelerril'lg' to the drawingsl the improved traro-holding` burlt'le.wlliell is preferabl;Y of a single [lieve ot" metal. eonlprises sidehars l2, a fronty erosa-llllr lll. a i'ear eroas-bar Il and anintermediate erossllar lf. "l`he side bara-|12 are. el-irvedl or bowed.an shown7 throughout ille greater portions ol their the trace is to beSecured.

lengths, to atl'ord adequate space between said bars and the traee 1Gforthe, reception ot' that portion of the whillletree 1T to which Theintermediate croSs-bar 15 is l lated at or adjacent to the outer or rearends ot' the curved portions of the side bars l2. leaving' -acomparatively slnall space 18. between said intern'lediate cross-bar l5and the rear end eross-bar 14, through whieh the traee may be passed, asIallown in Figs. l und 2. and leaving a much larger space l!) betweensaid intermediate bar l5 and ille front eroSs-bar 13.

From the foregoing it will be understood that when the trace is arrangedas shown, in

connection witll the buelile and \\'hillletree` I with the traeearranged above the rear end cross-har 1l and below the intermediateerosS-bar l5 and ille front end cross-bar 13.7

alld with the whitlleiree passed between the aaifl t ace and the eurvedportions of the side bars Il the trave will have Sui-h a frictionalrelation -to the wllillletree that the harder the pull on ille traeeille tighter laid trace and ille lluelqle will Agrill the whiflietree.lt will thunl be understood that the invention alfords '.ln inexpensiveand eollvenient. deviee whereby trllees may he secured to whift'letreesin a Safe and reliable manner, without requiring the iraeen` to beweakened by formingr holes or openings` therein for att'aehnlent' toille 'IF-headed or other projections with which whillletreesv areusually provided 'For the attaehmeut of the traees thereto. l

Ailthougfh the improved atiaehingbuelile hereiny deserihed is primarilyintended for une for eeuring`r ingr; or trat-es to whiillelrees, it isobvious that it may be employedfor other purpoSeSwhere it lllay bedeaired to seeure. or hold a strap or band of any kind.

llaving thus t'lereribed my invention l elainl and desire t'o seeui'e bv Letters latent: Lin attaching or holding` lulelile comprising .sidebars` end erossdlars and an inter- ,mediate eross-bar. Said intermediateeroSshar being arranged eonlparalivel)v near one oi said eross-llarsleavin;l between said end erosas-bar and the Qaid interlllediate bar aeolllparatively Small spaee. with a much larger space between saidintermediate Crossbar and the other end eroSs-llar, said Sidebars being'curved or bowed throughout the i testmoh" whereof I afx my sgl'lsitiii,Greater ortions of their lengths and said i 1n presence o two witnesses;

lnterme late cross-bar bem located aha- 1 JASPER- M., BROWNK.. l

cent to the ends of the curve or bowed pori 5 tions of said side bars,and from which point Witnesses to the adjacent end cross-bar saidside-bars VIRGIL COMPTON, are approximately straight. H. A. COMPTON.

